Combination Jewelry And Relic Hunt?

[F350Platinum]

I went back to my big beach yesterday to see if I could turn up any more rings in the water.

The tide was going out when I got there, so the water was pretty flat. It was a windy day but very dry. 

You might see that I was using the BH-01 headphones on the Deus 2. I only used them for a little while because they have a drawback - they only use square audio and don't allow High Square, which for me is a big issue because of the amount of aluminum I can ignore. I ended up switching to the WSA-II headphones, which then limited me to detecting with the remote at the top of the water. 

Thanks to all the people that recommended stuff to get to keep the sand and rocks out of my footwear, I didn't have much time before this hunt so I managed to get some 5mm neoprene dive socks that I could wear inside some old Columbia water shoes I have. The shoes will let sand in, but the socks didn't allow it to get to my feet.

Not exactly the height of fashion, but I just looked like an old geezer with compression socks 🤣 I didn't care, and was able to stay in the water most of the day, until I found a washed out section of the beach that some old finds turned up. 

One thing I noticed yesterday was that for some reason targets were difficult to retrieve, especially when the waves started later. A few days ago here most of my targets came up within 4 scoops, this time it was taking 20 minutes just to get them sometimes , and sometimes it took so long I gave up. Perhaps you dedicated scoopers can shed some light on this? 🤔

Got a pretty decent haul and something new, and something unexpected, but that is typical for this place, it's always got something odd going on. 

Got the usual pile o' clad, ended up with 3 old coins too. A wheat penny, a 1945 Mercury dime, and a 1950D 50 Pfennig coin from Germany.

The Merc was in pretty good shape but black from years under the sand, I have dug a few Mercury dimes here, some from sand replenishment, and others from the shoreline after storms. The 50P coin came out of the water. 

I also got two rings, an old beater with a big CZ or rhinestone, and a new one for me, a Black Zirconium ring with a Koa inlay, which was easy to find:

https://www.happylaulea.com/products/black-zirconium-ring-with-hawaiian-koa-wood-offset-inlay-6mm-flat-shape-comfort-fitment?_pos=1&_sid=11af8d3d3&_ss=r

Not gold or silver, but unique. Never seen one like that before. The metal bird is old but I have no idea what it would have come off of, and the ring with raised bumps is my whatzit for the day. The silver band with the moon and stars might be a bird band.

Got next to no trash, when I started using the WSA-II phones I could skip a lot more crap, and yet again I noticed someone has been skipping pull tabs because I dug 7 nickels. A good portion of the clad and nickels came from the shoreline where a lot of erosion occurred. 

I didn't bring my "flip float", mistake I won't be making again. Here you get a huge pile of stones in every scoop, so you end up having to go to the beach to dump it, making it difficult to find the spot you were in that might have additional targets. 

Thanks to the socks I was able to stay out there for 7 hours, even though it was hot (91), the wind was off the water and it was very comfortable.

[Lodge Scent]

Good work there F350. 7 hours in the sun is a lot !!! That ring thingy with the bumps, could it be an old parasol part? 

[strick]

Nice work 350 your doing better then I am...had a chance to hit the water yesterday for a couple hours...just a couple pieces of junk jewelry and a few coins...Google "Vintage Sewing Bird" and see if you can find a match...hard to tell from the pic if it has a broken shaft on the bottom? 

strick 

[JCR]

That's a nice outing.

[F350Platinum]

7 hours ago, Lodge Scent said:

Good work there F350. 7 hours in the sun is a lot !!! That ring thingy with the bumps, could it be an old parasol part? 

Thanks LC,

You might be right, this beach has been popular for a very long time, Steamboats brought thousands to it a long time ago. I can imagine parasols all over the place, and in the 15mph constant wind that kicked up yesterday I'm sure a lot got broken 🤔 That wind was the saving grace for me, it was right off the water, the river hasn't warmed up too much yet.

[F350Platinum]

2 hours ago, strick said:

Nice work 350 your doing better then I am...had a chance to hit the water yesterday for a couple hours...just a couple pieces of junk jewelry and a few coins...Google "Vintage Sewing Bird" and see if you can find a match...hard to tell from the pic if it has a broken shaft on the bottom? 

strick 

Thanks strick, 

I'm leaning toward pin or part of a birding medal, it's really small. One leg missing, same in the back as front. Lens says it's a Blackbird.

Here's the ring, a new one on me. Supposedly the process to make these is expensive.

[Skull diver]

7 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

I managed to get some 5mm neoprene dive socks that I could wear inside some old Columbia water shoes I have

Good choice, you have created a hybrid between hard-soled dive boots and shoes, with certainly less expense.

7 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

One thing I noticed yesterday was that for some reason targets were difficult to retrieve, especially when the waves started later. A few days ago here most of my targets came up within 4 scoops, this time it was taking 20 minutes just to get them sometimes , and sometimes it took so long I gave up. Perhaps you dedicated scoopers can shed some light on this?

There is a lot of movement these days and wider tides...

I would walk along the shoreline to find the hardest spot under the soles and enter the water exactly opposite it.Few times striking signals on the shore are as effective in the water.

It's a different game, that's all 🏴‍☠️

[F350Platinum]

36 minutes ago, Skull diver said:

Good choice, you have created a hybrid between hard-soled dive boots and shoes, with certainly less expense.

There is a lot of movement these days and wider tides...

I would walk along the shoreline to find the hardest spot under the soles and enter the water exactly opposite it.Few times striking signals on the shore are as effective in the water.

It's a different game, that's all 🏴‍☠️

Thanks!

I thought I was doing something wrong, I was putting the scoop behind the coil, and scooping forward. Probably was the incoming tide and the wind driven waves now that I think about it. They were about a foot high by then, and the tide comes in fast. I'll chase down a 50-79 ID on the Deus until I get it, only left some 93s behind, they were quarters. I was probably pushing them all over the place. 

I'm going to look into the shoes you guys recommended, I need to do what I can do right now because the jellyfish haven't come in yet. Last year they were around all year 🙄

[Skull diver]

5 hours ago, F350Platinum said:

Thanks!

I thought I was doing something wrong, I was putting the scoop behind the coil, and scooping forward. Probably was the incoming tide and the wind driven waves now that I think about it. They were about a foot high by then, and the tide comes in fast. I'll chase down a 50-79 ID on the Deus until I get it, only left some 93s behind, they were quarters. I was probably pushing them all over the place. 

I'm going to look into the shoes you guys recommended, I need to do what I can do right now because the jellyfish haven't come in yet. Last year they were around all year 🙄

There is nothing wrong with the retrieval technique you describe, on the contrary if the swell pushes toward the mouth of the scoop, maybe it helps you filter out the sand and sediment sooner.

Finding yourself digging more than you should and not having easy access to the targets unfortunately is a very common situation and is generated by the simple fact of continuous layer variation.

You would think you were walking on level ground, while uneven trenches are hidden underneath.

All we can do is to continually feel the texture of the layer, until more obvious signs show rocks or rather boulders carried by wave energy.

I don't walk, but with my digging hand I often hit the bottom with fists.

Brotherly advice...On D2 consider 40 to 80 as a safety range...Several surprises start at 40 points.